GentleBirth Pregnancy and Birth Education’s Philosophy

If we lived in a world where…

Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting

Were considered

NORMAL

We could….

Birth without fear

Birth without the need for machines

And

Birth without instruction or intervention

As

Birth is a family event

NOT

A medical procedure

We would use…

Our womanly senses

To birth instinctively

And birth intuitively

We would trust birth

We would make informed choices

Decisions which are right for us

Not for anyone else

We would not let ourselves be dictated to

And told what we are allowed or not allowed to do

We would work with our bodies

Not against them

And above all we would trust our bodies…

To produce healthy babies

To labour as we need to

To birth

To be able to breastfeed

And to be able to parent

We would parent attached children because we would…

Carry them

Answer their cries

Sleep together

Breastfed on cue

And

Allow them to witness

The miracle of birth

We would bond as a family unit

If rules, clocks, and regulations were

Thrown out the door, we would have

Happier parents,

And

Happier children

The world would be a nicer place to live in

Because,

Parents and children would be more secure

And more confident

Less violent

We would use our hearts to guide us

Not the regulations set out in books

Because no one knows our bodies or our children as well as we do

GentleBirth Pregnancy and Birth Education support women
to be empowered by knowledge and thus
birth instinctively, creatively and beautifully

To be able to give our babies a gentle start to life

And to advocate tender parenting

And to inspire Gentle Birth

Rachael Austin

“GentleBirth Pregnancy and Birth Education”

To read Rachael's full birth story, go to the Joyous Birth website at

http://www.joyousbirth.info/forums/showthread.php?t=4502&page=7

To find out more about Rachael and what she does, visit her website

www.gentlebirth.com.au